Grouse Disease: Its Causes and RemediesW.H. Allen, 1883 - 182 páginas |
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... Plumage of Grouse.— Scotch Grouse larger than the English . - Grouse as an Article of Food . - Opinion of the famous Chef Alexis Soyer . -The Highland Moors . - Sport last Season . - Our Predic- tions verified . - Returns from the Moors ...
... Plumage of Grouse.— Scotch Grouse larger than the English . - Grouse as an Article of Food . - Opinion of the famous Chef Alexis Soyer . -The Highland Moors . - Sport last Season . - Our Predic- tions verified . - Returns from the Moors ...
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... plumage . Although we considered this as an epoch in our life we have often almost repented the destruction of so lovely a bird . The eager demand for grouse - moors , and the enor- RENTS OF GROUSE MOORS . 5 mous rents now given.
... plumage . Although we considered this as an epoch in our life we have often almost repented the destruction of so lovely a bird . The eager demand for grouse - moors , and the enor- RENTS OF GROUSE MOORS . 5 mous rents now given.
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... plumage is of so light a colour that the sea - gull , whose depredations are most serious as a destroyer of the eggs of game birds , is often taken for the hen- harrier . There are few of the smaller animals that do not fall victims to ...
... plumage is of so light a colour that the sea - gull , whose depredations are most serious as a destroyer of the eggs of game birds , is often taken for the hen- harrier . There are few of the smaller animals that do not fall victims to ...
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... plumage in birds of the same kind but of different sex . As it roosts only on the ground it falls an easy prey to the fox and cat . It is about thirty - nine inches across the wings and about seventeen inches in length . Its bill is ...
... plumage in birds of the same kind but of different sex . As it roosts only on the ground it falls an easy prey to the fox and cat . It is about thirty - nine inches across the wings and about seventeen inches in length . Its bill is ...
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... plumage , no doubt on its way to cross the channel . The sparrow - hawk ( Accipiter nissus ) is a short- winged , active , little bird of great pluck and daring . Its courage is almost reckless , for it will fly at any bird , no matter ...
... plumage , no doubt on its way to cross the channel . The sparrow - hawk ( Accipiter nissus ) is a short- winged , active , little bird of great pluck and daring . Its courage is almost reckless , for it will fly at any bird , no matter ...
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Grouse Disease: Its Cause and Remedies Duncan George Forbes 1823?-1 MacDonald Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Términos y frases comunes
Aberdeenshire agricultural animals appearance balance of nature beasts of prey beautiful birds and beasts birds of prey BLACK GROUSE brace breed British burning burnt Caithness capercailzie cause of grouse Cobbold cock colour common buzzard creatures crops deer deer-forests destroy destruction districts doubt drainage eggs entozoa epidemic exceedingly exterminate farming feed forests gamekeepers glens golden eagle ground grouse disease hares hatched hawks healthy heath heather HEATHER-BURNING Highland hundred pounds Inverness keepers kestrel killed land Macdonald Mark Milbank mountain Nairnshire naturalists nest never numbers observed old heather opinion over-stocking parasites partridges peregrine falcon Perthshire pheasant plumage proprietors protection rabbits rats red grouse rents rooks Ross-shire Scotland season sheep farmer shillings shooting shot small birds sparrow sparrow-hawk species sport sportsmen stoat strongles Sutherland tapeworm tenants theory thousand pounds unwholesome food vermin weasels wild birds wings winter worms yellow young birds young heather
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Página 169 - Gave wealth to sway the mind with double force. Have we not seen, round Britain's peopled shore, Her useful sons exchanged for useless ore? Seen all her triumphs but destruction haste, Like flaring tapers brightening as they waste; Seen opulence, her grandeur to maintain, Lead stern depopulation in her train, And over fields where scatter'd hamlets rose, In barren solitary pomp repose?
Página 3 - Hie away, hie away, Over bank and over brae, Where the copsewood is the greenest, Where the fountains glisten sheenest, Where the lady-fern grows strongest, Where the morning dew lies longest, Where the black-cock sweetest sips it, Where the fairy latest trips it. Hie to haunts right seldom seen, Lovely, lonesome, cool, and green, Over bank and over brae, Hie away, hie away. 'Do the verses he sings...
Página 19 - Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs To the silent wilderness Where the soul need not repress Its music lest it should not find An echo in another's mind, While the touch of Nature's art Harmonizes heart to heart.
Página 58 - High from the summit of a craggy cliff, Hung o'er the deep, such as amazing frowns On utmost Kilda's * shore, whose lonely race Resign the setting sun to Indian worlds, The royal eagle draws his vigorous young, Strong pounc'd, and ardent with paternal fire.
Página 42 - The live-long night : nor these alone, whose notes Nice-fingered art must emulate in vain, But cawing rooks, and kites that swim sublime In still repeated circles, screaming loud, The jay, the pie, and e'en the boding owl, That hails the rising moon, have charms for me.
Página 59 - Kilda's shore, whose lonely race Resign the setting sun to Indian worlds, The royal eagle draws his vigorous young, Strong-pounced, and ardent with paternal fire. Now fit to raise a kingdom of their own, He drives them from his fort, the towering seat, For ages, of his empire ; which, in peace, Unstained, he holds, while many a league to sea He wings his course, and preys in distant isles.